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Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed and New York Times Best Selling Author of the David Sloane series, The Jury Master, Wrongful Death, Bodily Harm, Murder One and The Conviction. He is also the author of the best-selling stand alone novel Damage Control as well as the nonfiction expose, The Cyanide Canary.

Dugoni’s books have been likened to Scott Turow and Nelson DeMille, and he has been hailed as "the undisputed king of the legal thriller” by The ProvidenceJournal and called the "heir to Grisham’s literary throne.” Bodily Harm and Murder One were each chosen one of the top five thrillers of 2010 and 2011, respectively. Murder One was also a finalist for the Harper Lee Award for literary excellence. My Sister’s Grave, released October 2014 will be the first in the Tracy Crosswhite series. Visit his website at www.robertdugoni.com, email him at bob@robertdugoni.com, and follow him on twitter @robertdugoni.

C.C. Humphreys is a British actor, playwright and novelist. He publishes historical adventure novels and young adult fantasy novels. The main character for his Jack Absolute series is based on the main character of the playThe Rivalsby Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Chris lives on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada, with his wife and young son.

Sheila
Roberts lives on a lake in the Pacific Northwest. She’s happily married
and has three children. She’s been writing since 1989, but she did lots
of things before settling in to her writing career, including owning a
singing telegram company and playing in a band. Sheila's books are best
sellers and often appear as Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Her novel
"Angel Lane" was named one of Amazon's top ten romances in 2009. Her
novel "On Strike for Christmas" was a Lifetime Network movie and her
novel "The Nine Lives of Christmas" is now a Hallmark movie.

When she’s not
speaking to women’s groups or at conferences or hanging out with her
girlfriends she can be found writing about those things near and dear to
women’s hearts: family, friends, and chocolate.

Gerri
Russell has done it all when it comes to writing; she’s worked as a
broadcast journalist, newspaper reporter, magazine columnist, technical
writer and editor, instructional designer, which all finally led her to
follow her heart’s desire of being a romance novelist. Gerri is the
award-winning author of six novels and one novella.

In
her spare time, Gerri is a living history re-enactor with the
Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire. A two-time recipient of the Romance
Writers of America’s Golden Heart award and winner of the American Title
II competition sponsored by Dorchester Publishing and RT BOOKreviews Magazine, she lives in Bellevue, Washington with her husband and children.

conference faculty

Each year PNWA invites the writing community to submit presentations and workshops to be considered for our summer conference. We are fortunate to receive an overwhelming response, and are tasked with selecting the best of the best for our conference. When selecting our presenters, we take into account industry trends, author credentials, and colleague recommendations. We are pleased to announce that our faculty roster for this year's conference is complete!

*There may be changes, cancellations, or additions up until July 28, 2016*